Recently, Salman Rushdie became the victim of an assassination attempt. For decades, senior Islamic clerics in Iran have threatened Rushdie with death. Here's what happened.
Update(1530ET): The Chautauqua Institution, where Salman Rushdie was attacked earlier in the morning, allegedly seemed to have no security screening upon entry as the renowned author, who had formerly spent several years in exile subjected to official Iranian death threats (a fatwa from the Ayatollah), was supp...
